Here are some pictures of our little attic-flat. We have a sunroom to ourselves! Unfortunately we're always running around too much to ever use it...but it sure is comfy!


Here's the entrance to Shannon's room. There's a lot of mosaics around the house, and at our family's gym. They're friends with an artist who works with glass...she's quite talented.


Here's Shannon getting ready to go out! My nook is to left....


Ah, yes, home sweet home.


The weather has been amazing since we've been here. June 17th was the Icelandic Independence Day, so we had class off! Spent most of the day in town where there were flocks of people in Akureyri for the festivities.


Here's the main part of Akureyri. The little green section of the blue building is where the new bar is. The blue building has an ice cream shop, a cafe (with the AMAZING HOT CHOCOLATE), and a concert venue downstairs. Last night an Icelandic reggae band, Hjalmar, played. The venue is really tiny (~200 people), and REALLY dark, so I couldn't get any pictures...but they put on a great performance.


"Downtown" Akureyri is at the bottom of a hill, and we have class at the top of a hill...it's a long and tiring walk


There were performances all day for the Independence celebration! Here's a troop of some xylophone players...they played for like 40 minutes.


And of course, all festivals should have blow-up games...especially ones that are prone to injury


I can't remember this guy's name...but apparently he's the "Icelandic Frank Sinatra." His performance was pretty campy...


Another Icelandic sunset!


And a video of an Icelandic band performing in the town square (...it's more of a circle I suppose)